anyone have brilliant feedback suppression tricks?

[Josh Pelican]

I love really dirty music (grindcore, pv, noise), so I've become accustomed to feedback.

[voerking]

I love really dirty music (grindcore, pv, noise), so I've become accustomed to feedback.

the feedback i was referring to in this thread (which i eliminated by changing to a different pickup) is not the cool sounding everything-cranked-to-eleven kind of feedback. it was shitty microphonic pickup garbage. i have no problem with intentional feedback. i listen to plenty of harsh music. i just want my shit to be controllable.

[AndyTran]

Did the builder replace it?

[Holy Schnikes]

Did the builder replace it?

This.

That sounds like an undeniable defect...

[voerking]

Did the builder replace it?

no...but bought it secondhand, so he doesn't really have a responsibility to me (other than the good name of his company).
i was a bit surprised he didn't offer to have be send it to him when he replied to my email.

[voerking]

i was able to fix the issue. i added some additional compressible foam around the magnet, and that was enough to kill the vibrations that were causing the howls. it's sounding great now.

[Genghis Kanye]

Glad it's better, but here's what I WOULD'VE written:

Did you mount with springs? If you did, try replacing the springs with surgical tubing. Yup, surgical tubing.

It makes the pickup vibrate less.

[voerking]

Glad it's better, but here's what I WOULD'VE written:

Did you mount with springs? If you did, try replacing the springs with surgical tubing. Yup, surgical tubing.

It makes the pickup vibrate less.

interesting. i work at a medical clinic, so that would be easy to come by. thanks for the tip! i'll keep it in mind in the future.